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Facilitator
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igbo social structure

Kenny

  • Basic unit of Igbo life is village group
  • Settled family disputes
  • Titles of people were very important
  • Hierarchy taken in order
  • Ascending scale of payments
  • Igbo social structure is mainly according to bloodlines
  • Most decisions had to be made in traditional Igbo societies
  • The oldest male in the family usually controlled households
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    igbo soical ladder
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    another diagram of Igbo social structure